CVE-2026-56696

OpenHarness - Prompt Injection via /issue and /pr_comments Slash Commands

MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: June 23, 2026 at 03:36 PM UTC
Updated: October 25, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenHarness

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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

Description

OpenHarness /issue and /pr_comments slash commands lack remote_invocable=False protection, allowing remote channel senders to write attacker-controlled Markdown into project context files. Admitted remote attackers can inject malicious content into .openharness/issue.md and .openharness/pr_comments.md files, which are subsequently injected into runtime system prompts, persistently influencing local agent behavior.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 0.1.9
Vendor states this is fixed in 27bb93b810e9ea8fa4832eab7152eeb3b4a6bffb (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.4MEDIUMVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-862

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